noun

script

skrihpt

noun

The written text of a play, film, speech, or broadcast.

"The actors rehearsed from a script full of last-minute changes."

"She memorized her lines straight from the script."

A style of handwriting, or a set of written characters used for a language.

"The invitation was printed in elegant cursive script."

verb

To write out in advance, or to plan something carefully.

"The press conference was carefully scripted."

How to Use Script

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe written words for a performance or broadcast, a style of writing, or (as a verb) to plan something out in detail.

Common pairings

follow the script shooting script off script a script for the play

scripted past tense, scripts singular

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From Latin scrīptum ("something written"), the past participle of scrībere ("to write") — the same root that gives us "scribe" and "scripture."

receipt transcript manuscript nondescript